Pokemon Go is, of course, the wildly popular, headline-grabbing game that prompts players to explore the real world and monitor their phone screens for virtual creatures that pop up in actual locales.

Mayor Fabrice Beauvois says the game puts pedestrians and drivers at risk and can become a "dangerous addiction" for players, the AP reports.

"When a cafe or a restaurant owner wants to open a business in any French town, they have an obligation to request prior authorization to the mayor," Beauvois told the AP. "The rule applies to all people wishing to set up an activity or occupy a space on a public property. So it applies to Niantic as well, even though their settlement is virtual."

Niantic did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Beauvois said Bressolles is the first French municipality to issue such a decree. But he and his village aren't the only ones with reservations about the game and its players.